Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, Department of Agricultural Science Kobe University
This is the home page of Daiki Hayashi group in the Laboratory of Biological Chemistry at Kobe University Department of Agricultural Science. Our research interest is to understand the molecular basis of various proteins, especially lipid-related enzymes and receptors, by taking advantage of computational and structural approaches in addition to traditional biological and molecular biological approaches. Our goal is to find the novel therapeutic targets for various diseases, bioactive compounds, and functions of proteins.
News
2025. 6.29 The paper entitled "Specificity mechanism of Group VIA calcium-independent phospholipase A2 toward truncated-oxidized phospholipids and its application for specific inhibitor design. " has been published!
2025. 3. 25 Congrats to Kitamura (M2) and Nishimura (B4) on their graduation!
2024. 12.14-18 Hayashi, Kitamura, and Yamada presented the research at Cell Bio 2024 in San Diego, California
2024. 6.28 The paper entitled "Differentiating human phospholipase A2's activity toward phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol phosphate and phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate" has been published!
2024. 6.6,7 Yoshiaki Kitamura and I presented the research at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Conference of Biochemistry of Lipids.
2024. 5.25 Miyu Yamada presented the research at the 70th Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society, Kinki Branch.
2024. 3.26 Two undergraduate students graduated!
2023.12.26 Yoshiaki Kitamura presented his research at the Frontier Workshop for Young Students
2023. 3. 27 The review paper entitled "Molecular basis of unique specificity and regulation of group VIA calcium-independent phospholipase A2 (PNPLA9) and its role in neurodegenerative diseases" has been published online.
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